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for us, this is the second campaign. the president said that to us. it is a campaign to get reelected. now there is but a campaign to win on the first key part of the agenda. >> what is your biggest concern in this campaign? is it focusing more on the entitlement cuts your concern about, or is it focused more on targeting republicans who you think might come over to support the tax increases? >> it is focused primarily on making the case about why americans paying a little bit more at the top helps invest in job creation. aarp is doing a companion at on medicare, the medicare program, which we knew they would be doing. which is why we thought our special contribution was on taxes and jobs. >> the white house has indicated that based on the negotiation, they are prepared to use public support to pressure congress to come up with something. how closely are you all coordinating with the white house on these outreach efforts? >> very closely. we want to have the presidents back. it is amazing that he is the first president in our generation to stand for e
for us, this is the second campaign. the president said that to us. it is a campaign to get reelected. now there is but a campaign to win on the first key part of the agenda. >> what is your biggest concern in this campaign? is it focusing more on the entitlement cuts your concern about, or is it focused more on targeting republicans who you think might come over to support the tax increases? >> it is focused primarily on making the case about why americans paying a little bit more...
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you inspired us. you humbled us. the nation is at a critical point. which cannot risk of partisan posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. we citizens have to rise to the occasion. we look to our teachers and professors. we count on you to inspire our children with a passion for learning and discovery. we look to our pastors, priests, rabbis, and counselors of all kinds, he to whom advance the principles of charity, honesty, integrity, and family. we look to our parents. everything depends on the success of our homes. we looked to job creators of all kinds. we are counting on you to invest, to higher, to step forward. we look to democrats and republicans in government at all levels to put the people before the politics. i believe in america. i believe in the people of [applause] [applause] [applause] i ran for office because i am concerned about america. this election is over, but our principles in door. endure. i believe in the principles on which this nation was founded, the only guide to a resurgent economy and
you inspired us. you humbled us. the nation is at a critical point. which cannot risk of partisan posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. we citizens have to rise to the occasion. we look to our teachers and professors. we count on you to inspire our children with a passion for learning and discovery. we look to our pastors, priests, rabbis, and counselors of all kinds, he to whom advance the principles of charity, honesty, integrity, and family. we look...
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and is ohio going to do it for us? what a thrill for us to be here. what a thrill for me to stand next to the man that is going to be the next president of the united states. [applause] this is a man that will not fail. this is a man that is going to turn around america and i'm going to be so happy to be by his side when i can watch him do that. so thank you all very much. >> thank you so much. what a gathering tonight. i want to thank you for joining paul and me and our families and our friends tonight. you are sending a message tonight to the entire nation. thank you. [applause] and by the way, thanks to kid rock and the other entertainers who have come for us and to the extraordinary team of national leaders who have gathered here. look at this team here. you probably heard they've gathered here tonight because they're about to fan out across the entire nation to make sure we have victory on november 6. and some comic in the team has named us the romney ryan recovery rally. you're going to see them going across the country. we're going to make sure
and is ohio going to do it for us? what a thrill for us to be here. what a thrill for me to stand next to the man that is going to be the next president of the united states. [applause] this is a man that will not fail. this is a man that is going to turn around america and i'm going to be so happy to be by his side when i can watch him do that. so thank you all very much. >> thank you so much. what a gathering tonight. i want to thank you for joining paul and me and our families and our...
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what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of the smartest thing we did in the 2012 campaign was go and have a series of town halls online with the supporters. what kind of campaign do you want to run? that's why we ended up doing some things at the time i didn't want to do. get involved in local elections in wisconsin. because our people wanted to. it ended up being some of the best things we did. we're going to learn from our folks. >> what are the mechanics of that? this was an e-mail yesterday or two nights ago from you -- maybe it was george clooney. asking
what happens to us? the one thing that i know is people want to be involved in supporting the agenda. how it looks is a discussion that we need to have with the grassroots. you can't run two presidential campaigns and say we're going to do it from d.c. now. that's not how it's going to work. what's going to happen, the president has been direct, is our people are going to get to make some decisions. we're going to go through a process like we did after the '08 and sit down with them. part of...
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some of us supported us when we cut taxes for small businesses and small families. senators work with is to repeal don't ask, don't tell. as long as i am president, i will work with anybody from any party to this country forward. if you want to break the gridlock in congress, you will vote for leaders who feel the same way. who put you first instead of politics first, instead of the next election first. but sometimes you have to fight for principle. sometimes you have to fight for what is right. if the price of peace in washington is cutting deals that will kick students off of financial aid or get rid of funding for planned parenthood for lead insurance companies discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions or eliminate the health care for millions on medicaid, i am not willing to pay that price. that is not bipartisanship. that is not changed. that is surrendered. do the same status quo that has hurt the middle class and cost us jobs. i do not know about you, but i am not ready to go out on that fight. i hope you are not either, florida. i hope you sti
some of us supported us when we cut taxes for small businesses and small families. senators work with is to repeal don't ask, don't tell. as long as i am president, i will work with anybody from any party to this country forward. if you want to break the gridlock in congress, you will vote for leaders who feel the same way. who put you first instead of politics first, instead of the next election first. but sometimes you have to fight for principle. sometimes you have to fight for what is...
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to use an old analogy. we've got energy consuls in this country and climate warming that got a boost in the wake of hurricane sandy and we'll have to see what happens. >> another category, things that didn't get talked about and i think that's very unfortunate and first on that list i would talk about healthcare defined as medicine, as curing things. we've had since the clinton era we've had abun dant discussions of healthcare finances and who should get insured, who shouldn't get insured. and during that same 20-year period t quantity of medicine emerging from the medical scientific pipeline has plum metted t. number of new drugs by the e.p. safment down 63% t. number of new antibiotic social security down 80%. the amount of venture cap list in the field is down three fourths depends on which source you look to. in other words we're in this situation and president obama's reelection will only enunciate this further, we are committed to taking care of everybody in this country on their healthcare. the truth
to use an old analogy. we've got energy consuls in this country and climate warming that got a boost in the wake of hurricane sandy and we'll have to see what happens. >> another category, things that didn't get talked about and i think that's very unfortunate and first on that list i would talk about healthcare defined as medicine, as curing things. we've had since the clinton era we've had abun dant discussions of healthcare finances and who should get insured, who shouldn't get...
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my generation got us into this mess. we have got to get us out. we cannot wait until the next generation. >> less than a minute. >> you have the president and john boehner in the room. what is the advice you give these two men as they begin these conversations? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left, saying we're throwing the old lady off the cliff in the wheelchair -- [laughter] watering the earth in his white robes, telling people they raised taxes. that was a freudian thing there. [laughter] what can grover do to you? he cannot murder you or burn your house. the only thing he can do to you is defeat you for reelection or put some jerk in the primary, and if that means more to you than the country, you should not even be in the damn congress. [applause] >> your advice? >> compromise, do the right thing. now is the magic moment. it is our responsibility. >> i want to thank you both. we are out of time. the conversation is going to continue here at the summit. thank you again for
my generation got us into this mess. we have got to get us out. we cannot wait until the next generation. >> less than a minute. >> you have the president and john boehner in the room. what is the advice you give these two men as they begin these conversations? >> sit down, have a beer, quit joshing each other, quit listening to the babble from the right and the left, saying we're throwing the old lady off the cliff in the wheelchair -- [laughter] watering the earth in his...
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join us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail or tweet. let's turn to the policy side of this speaker boehner telling the republicans to basically fall in line. he said let john boehner be john boehner he can negotiate a deal with the president without getting pressure from tea party caucus members. guest: i agree. let john boehner be in a position to negotiate from a position of strength not from a position of looking over his shoulder and having to second guess and ultimately a position of weakness going into these talks with the president. the spt emboldened and he could say john boehner i don't need you and if you keep this i'm going to run against your entire congress and all of you are going to be gone. he's looking at the longer ball as well. you have all these house members who will be in their fourth year by the time they get to 2014 and if there has been no movement. if the country perceives republicans are not working trying to resolve the problems, then guess what happens in two years. the public will turn and say that's it. we
join us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail or tweet. let's turn to the policy side of this speaker boehner telling the republicans to basically fall in line. he said let john boehner be john boehner he can negotiate a deal with the president without getting pressure from tea party caucus members. guest: i agree. let john boehner be in a position to negotiate from a position of strength not from a position of looking over his shoulder and having to second guess and ultimately a position...
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build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people in his room and in every door around the country were doing it because of barack obama. we got people to take pay cuts and giveaway golden parachutes because they wanted to work for barack obama. >> is that true, this was the most expensive in history? >> totally. we had to weigh more than last time. we registered with more voters. we had more volunteers. 2008 was a magical campaign. 2012, we finally got good at it. we spent five years learning how to do it. the best story, in august, i went to a convention in ohio. this amazing team leader said to me, the simplest thing about t
build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people...
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host: you can send us an email or join us on facebook or twitter. what surprised you about the election tuesday? guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he won eight out of nine of the battleground states that we were told they were so close, they could have gone to mitt romney. host: where the polls wrong? what is going on? -- were the polls wrong? what is going on? guest: every night on the news, what led the news. -- what led the news? the latest gallup poll. they have not been right since they were wrong in 1946. i must say, nate got it right on the blog. host: good morning. caller: i noticed throughout the campaigning that republican politicians have like complete contempt for the republican voter. mitt romney
host: you can send us an email or join us on facebook or twitter. what surprised you about the election tuesday? guest: what surprised me was the obama victory. 5% of the people that are independent voters. i think it was a very decisive victory. and all of those stories we were reflecting on before hand, that this would take months to figure out, this will go to the house of representatives, president obama won the electoral vote. pretty solid. he won the popular vote, which is decisive. he...
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thanks for joining us today. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> that was republican congressman steve king and democratic challenger christie bill suck debating on iowa public television last week for lsack debating and iowa public television last week for the fourth district. in a moment we will take your phone calls and street and get your opinions. here are the phone lines to weigh in on tuesday's election. ou can also send us a tweakeet using the hash tags c-span 2012. tonight at 8:25 p.m. eastern, republican presidential candidate mitt romney and his wife will be at a campaign rally in inglewood, colorado. that is tonight a 20 5:00 p.m. eastern time. benda obama and former president pilic -- tonight at 8:25 p.m. eastern time. then obama and former president bill clinton will hold a rally. next up, brief remarks from obama and mitt romney in obama's weekly address. he talks about the response to hurricane sandy. gov. r
thanks for joining us today. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> that was republican congressman steve king and democratic challenger christie bill suck debating on iowa public television last week for lsack debating and iowa public television last week for the fourth district. in a moment we will take your phone calls and street and get your opinions. here are the phone lines to weigh in on...
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it did not go far enough for us. on social issues from immigration reform to women pose a health rights to birth control issues, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. voters are being asked by both candidates to take a leap of faith. given what we know about the previous four years, we decided it was an easier bet to go with the president for four more. host: how many times of using -- have you seen president obama or governor romney or their surrogates in your state? guest: president obama has been here six times this year. mitt romney has been here 6. joe biden has been here once. >> will break away here and take you to englewood, colorado for mitt and ann romney. live coverage here on c-span. ♪ ♪ >> i was born free i was born free i was born free born free free ♪ [applause] >> thank y ou, colorado. wow. thank you. i'd like to introduce someone to. i'd liek to introduce the next first lady of the united states, ann romney. [applause] >> that is the most extraordinary welcome. thank yo
it did not go far enough for us. on social issues from immigration reform to women pose a health rights to birth control issues, the editorial board aligns more with the president's policies. voters are being asked by both candidates to take a leap of faith. given what we know about the previous four years, we decided it was an easier bet to go with the president for four more. host: how many times of using -- have you seen president obama or governor romney or their surrogates in your state?...
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the greenback got us out of trouble. we have to get the little man out of the picture of the money and let america start controlling its money again and bring it back to the congress. that is my statement. thank you. guest: i think president obama provided leadership to save the banks. it was necessary to save the banks in order to get the economy going. he then provided leadership for some regulation of the financial institutions through the dodd-frank legislation. we can argue about whether that is adequate regulation. we are going to have a debate still over whether these too data to failed banks are too data to exist and should be broken up -- too big to fail banks are too big to exist. caller: i have two comments. first of all, i see some inclination here to over romanticized what the senate was in the past. one example i think of when you say we did things for the good of the country was the subsidy we gave to our tobacco farmers. it is disgusting, appalling, and inexcusable. it represented the power of one or two
the greenback got us out of trouble. we have to get the little man out of the picture of the money and let america start controlling its money again and bring it back to the congress. that is my statement. thank you. guest: i think president obama provided leadership to save the banks. it was necessary to save the banks in order to get the economy going. he then provided leadership for some regulation of the financial institutions through the dodd-frank legislation. we can argue about whether...
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that is how it used to be. we used to always work together. that is the way it used to work. i have a great relationship with my republican colleagues. there are a lot of good republicans up there who are prepared to make principal compromise, not ideologues. i look back and see the guys who have worked with all my life and the women, olympia snowe, colin powell, alan simpson. it used to work. when this election is over we have to get back to doing it again. we have to move together. it is not just that we have additional balance, we have such a gigantic opportunities as a nation. we are so well-positioned relative to the rest of the world. we have made real progress. i had never met to guys who are more negative about the country's and the guys we are running against. we traded 5.4 million private- sector jobs and they say we are in decline. they said we are in decline. housing is up. larger than any time since 2008. we are in decline. exports are up 47%, 500,000 manufacturing jobs. 3 million working kids in college because of pell grants. no matter what those ads say, we di
that is how it used to be. we used to always work together. that is the way it used to work. i have a great relationship with my republican colleagues. there are a lot of good republicans up there who are prepared to make principal compromise, not ideologues. i look back and see the guys who have worked with all my life and the women, olympia snowe, colin powell, alan simpson. it used to work. when this election is over we have to get back to doing it again. we have to move together. it is not...
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as much as any of us do. that will go a long way toward serving the people of this country and people of the district. as long as we remember the job is about serving the folks and the district, i think we can all go a long way with that. >> campaigns can get personal. it is the nature of the business. we lose sight of who we are running against often. because of everything that happens, we do lose a connection. i have always respected her service. and her sense of duty moving forward, which is why she wants to run for congress. i think that is incredibly noble. >> let's began and let's hope we can keep that congeniality throughout this. let me start with you, congressman. you have a slogan you have repeated during your freshman term that you did not go to washington to compromise, that your objective was to "stop this president." do you feel you have met your goal? >> i think we have done a decent job. maybe it is because i have taught american government and american history and i take a bit of a longer vie
as much as any of us do. that will go a long way toward serving the people of this country and people of the district. as long as we remember the job is about serving the folks and the district, i think we can all go a long way with that. >> campaigns can get personal. it is the nature of the business. we lose sight of who we are running against often. because of everything that happens, we do lose a connection. i have always respected her service. and her sense of duty moving forward,...
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host: mike glover joining us from iowa. thank you so much for talking with us. the battleground state of iowa. we will go now to a debate between christie vilsack and represented seeking -- steve king. he won reelection last time with 66% of the vote. christie is the former first lady of iowa and the wife of andvilsack. this is courtesy of iowa public television, the fourth house district. they are now joining sioux city been anchoring the priestly predominantly rural district that steve king has been representing during the past 10 years. he has been running this by very margins. redistricting may be diluting the republican dominance. that is what christie vilsack may have been hoping when she declared candidacy. welcome to iowa press. you are familiar with the format. with this audience and the television viewers -- they will cheer at the beginning and end. the question in this debate edition come from sioux city journal writer bret heyward and kay henderson. >> mrs. vilsack, at an iowa fundraiser, you said, you were running to prove being a woman is not a bar
host: mike glover joining us from iowa. thank you so much for talking with us. the battleground state of iowa. we will go now to a debate between christie vilsack and represented seeking -- steve king. he won reelection last time with 66% of the vote. christie is the former first lady of iowa and the wife of andvilsack. this is courtesy of iowa public television, the fourth house district. they are now joining sioux city been anchoring the priestly predominantly rural district that steve king...
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i think they want us to tackle some of these problems and get them behind us. today is not a day to continue to campaign. we ought to turn the campaign off and turn the corner and start working on these serious problems that confront us. we are ready to sit down with the president and the democratic majority in the senate and get to work. thanks a lot. >> we have finished our leadership elections and we are all grateful that the caucus supported us in the positions we held in the 112th congress. i talk about his leadership team that i still admire and has been so good to the caucus and our country. we look forward to meeting the challenges ahead. we know what those challenges are. the first opportunity we have had to bring the caucus together -- all the democratic senators. incoming senators are all accomplished in their own right. representing states from all over this country. i am very happy to say we were able to add to the number of women. about one-third of the democratic caucus is now women. one of the things that we did at the special election we just h
i think they want us to tackle some of these problems and get them behind us. today is not a day to continue to campaign. we ought to turn the campaign off and turn the corner and start working on these serious problems that confront us. we are ready to sit down with the president and the democratic majority in the senate and get to work. thanks a lot. >> we have finished our leadership elections and we are all grateful that the caucus supported us in the positions we held in the 112th...
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but somehow, an act of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how this happened -- enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how did this happen? define or be defined. he hu succeed until project in the negative perception of his opponent and then set a positive one wins. given obama's atrocious record and given he had nothing to offer for the next four years except for more of the same, it should have been a cakewalk for romney to defy him. when the republicans distinguish themselves from democrat, they win. when they run as democrats like, they lose. democrats always run to the left end of the political spectrum. republicans have always enjoyed the support of conservatives and that number is at least double the number of liberals. hence you support the conservative agenda, you win. obama did not support the conservative agenda, and neither did mitt romney. at the end of the day, conservatives or left out in the cold. it should have been a landslide for romney but he's a moderate in his campaign in part on a bizarre defense from the outset. republicans in congress perform more dis
but somehow, an act of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how this happened -- enough of us did and we have to ask ourselves, how did this happen? define or be defined. he hu succeed until project in the negative perception of his opponent and then set a positive one wins. given obama's atrocious record and given he had nothing to offer for the next four years except for more of the same, it should have been a cakewalk for romney to defy him. when the republicans distinguish themselves from...
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one final push will get us there. we have known that many long days and short nights, and now we are close. the door to a brighter future is there. it is open and waiting for us. i need your vote, work. i want you to walk with me. we're taking back america. we are going to keep america at the home of the brave. we love you. thank you so very much. great to be with you. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: mitt romney family -- finishing up his rally in pennsylvania. he now goes on to newport news, virginia for the final rally of the day. tomorrow back on the campaign trail. he will go to lynchburg, va., columbus ohio and conclude the day in new hampshire. president obama also on the trail tomorrow in the madison, wisconsin and columbus ohio. then he will be in des moines, iowa. look for coverage here at c- span.org. back to the live shot of mourners still, pennsylvania. part of the election weekend coverage here on c-span. we
one final push will get us there. we have known that many long days and short nights, and now we are close. the door to a brighter future is there. it is open and waiting for us. i need your vote, work. i want you to walk with me. we're taking back america. we are going to keep america at the home of the brave. we love you. thank you so very much. great to be with you. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]...
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using drugs. that is not going to happen. the blowback be pretty harsh. i like to see more of an emphasis on treatment. >> i think i may have said legalization is more popular. i meant more broadly liberalization of the drug wars and winding down the drug wars which is a big public health problem in this country. it is a disgrace we have this presidential debate about foreign policy and nobody mentioned the 60,000 people that were killed in mexico because of the air war on drugs. thank you. >> i just want to move this up -- i want to thank you for coming out. there was discussion about the response to the financial crisis. there was a much discussion on the cause of the financial crisis and the bubble. i'm sure bill will say things about deregulation and i want to know your opinion specifically on what caused the housing bubble and subsequent housing crisis. >> i think he stated them pretty adequately for all three of us. i'm not sure the recession never ended. we had indefinite stagnation with ex
using drugs. that is not going to happen. the blowback be pretty harsh. i like to see more of an emphasis on treatment. >> i think i may have said legalization is more popular. i meant more broadly liberalization of the drug wars and winding down the drug wars which is a big public health problem in this country. it is a disgrace we have this presidential debate about foreign policy and nobody mentioned the 60,000 people that were killed in mexico because of the air war on drugs. thank...
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build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people in his room and in every door around the country were doing it because of barack obama. we got people to take pay cuts and giveaway golden parachutes because they wanted to work for barack obama. >> is that true, this was the most expensive in history? >> totally. we had to weigh more than last time. we registered with more voters. we had more volunteers. 2008 was a magical campaign. 2012, we finally got good at it. we spent five years learning how to do it. the best story, in august, i went to a convention in ohio. this amazing team leader said to me, the simplest thing about t
build us a program to use facebook to get them to organize their friends. he said that is going to be hard and expensive. i complained about how expensive it was and then we built it. >> what did you learn from him a political person would never have seen? >> what did i learn? i think what he learned. if he was sitting on the stage, he would say that in the end, they did a lot of things to make door knocking easier. that is what this is about. he said this to me, all of these people...
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gives us a greater through put. people can go through more quickly because we do not have separate personnel in of the room that have to view the image and radio back to the checkpoint security officer. the passenger can see the generic outlined at the checkpoint when they come through. they simply turned and looked at that. green says it is ok. there could be areas on the body highlighted indicating that area of the body. when i go through for some reason, they asked me to lift my tie and do a patdown for that area. the idea is to create better efficiency. we're working with the manufacturer. they have not completed the privacy fifth caller -- the privacy filter yet. we want to make sure we can get as many people through as possible. >> humans and the manufacturer is trying to develop software -- you mentioned that the manufacturer is trying to develop software for privacy concerns. moving them from the airport, those that mean you have given up on the machines? >> they still perform a vital function to check devic
gives us a greater through put. people can go through more quickly because we do not have separate personnel in of the room that have to view the image and radio back to the checkpoint security officer. the passenger can see the generic outlined at the checkpoint when they come through. they simply turned and looked at that. green says it is ok. there could be areas on the body highlighted indicating that area of the body. when i go through for some reason, they asked me to lift my tie and do a...
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thank you for joining us. can you give us an update on the outstanding races that have not been called? guest: sure. to live for having me. there are seven outstanding races that have not been called at this point. i think it is important noting we are only talking about house races here on the friday of the election we cannot any outstanding senate races. usually there is at least one senate race that drags on for a while. there are not any this time. the outstanding races, there are two in arizona that have yet to be called, 3 in california, 1 in north carolina, and one in florida. these have not been called because ballots are still being counted. mostly overseas and military balance, some early voting, especially in arizona. that is what is still being counted. host: are any of these expected to go to a recount? is it just provisional ballots and absentee ballots? guest: i think a couple will go to recounts. the closest, i believe, is in california in the seventh district. i think that will definitely be g
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with the biggest is for us is we are not seeing it develop. it will be an interesting cycle for us. typically these closing days we would be tilting our races to one party or another. campaigns really matter. to have redistricting. they control the process down the line. they were fighting tooth and nail to pick up these districts. this was the district that obama won by 63%. the democrats are not making the gains they need to, we could see minimal democratic gains. what could be surprising is republicans even pick up seats. > >> in a few minute bob macdonald will speak at a rally for mitt romney. he's expected to speak shortly. this is live coverage on c-span. >> in the state it has been a battleground. we have several battlegrounds going on. we have the governor's race going on. north carolina has had 20 straight years of democratic governors. it is the longest run of democratic governors east of the mississippi river that could come to an end. the democratic nominee whose lieutenant governor is walter dalton, polls suggest he is in deep trouble. he lost to them in 2008. they have
with the biggest is for us is we are not seeing it develop. it will be an interesting cycle for us. typically these closing days we would be tilting our races to one party or another. campaigns really matter. to have redistricting. they control the process down the line. they were fighting tooth and nail to pick up these districts. this was the district that obama won by 63%. the democrats are not making the gains they need to, we could see minimal democratic gains. what could be surprising is...
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i used to be one of them. this week, i offered congratulations to president obama -- along with an alternative to sending our economy over any part of the fiscal cliff. instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it will do to our economy, let's start to actually solve the problem. let's focus on tax reform that closes special interest loopholes and lowers tax rates. instead of accepting arbitrary cuts that will endanger our national defense, let's get serious about shoring up the entitlement programs that are the primary drivers of our country's massive, growing debt. 2013 should be the year to begin to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform. together, we should avert the fiscal cliff in a manner that ensures that 2013 finally is that year. shoring up entitlements and reforming the tax code -- closing special interest loopholes and deductions, and moving to a fairer, cleaner, and simpler system -- will bring jobs home and result in a stronger, healthier econo
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let us put that on the table. it is on that to be productive to create jobs and produce growth that will in turn produce more revenue because more people are working as a make these cuts and stand ready to make them and have additional revenue by having something more similar to the clinton rates. this should not be hard. nothing much has changed since last year when we were having this discussion the president was clear about the 250 and above. americans support that. this should not be hard. what is hard is that if you come to the table saying i am coming here to undermine the republican role and what my goal is to create growth and reduced the deficit, but my goal is to undermine the public role and honoring our responsibilities to the american people, whether it is in response to a natural disaster, in response to a dip in the economy where unemployment insurance is necessary. a but it should be a statement of the national value. -- a budget should be a statement of the national value. we all come to the table
let us put that on the table. it is on that to be productive to create jobs and produce growth that will in turn produce more revenue because more people are working as a make these cuts and stand ready to make them and have additional revenue by having something more similar to the clinton rates. this should not be hard. nothing much has changed since last year when we were having this discussion the president was clear about the 250 and above. americans support that. this should not be hard....
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that would have saved us 4,405 dead. so everybody knows that military -- my dad was in the army and he knows it, so you know -- well, we don't need to defend the whole world. that's not in our constitution and nobody really wants us to do it. host: lead story in the wall street journalism, president obama's signal he wouldn't insist tax rates on upper income americans rise as part of a deficit reduction deal. so a new flexibility as he tries to accelerate talks with republic conditions. new clirity of the white house position marks a potentially important moment to figure out how to handle tax rates that are due to snap higher next year. one of the thorniest elements of the so-called fiscal cliff. host: that's the lead story this morning in the "wall street journal." marisa is a democrat in montana. marisa, good morning to you. the g.o.p. says address the spending problem. what do you think? caller: oh, thank you so much for taking my call. i'm so grateful and so grateful for c-span. let's never forget the dark days of t
that would have saved us 4,405 dead. so everybody knows that military -- my dad was in the army and he knows it, so you know -- well, we don't need to defend the whole world. that's not in our constitution and nobody really wants us to do it. host: lead story in the wall street journalism, president obama's signal he wouldn't insist tax rates on upper income americans rise as part of a deficit reduction deal. so a new flexibility as he tries to accelerate talks with republic conditions. new...
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we found that as americans get to know us and find there is really common human bond in between us and them and we want nothing different than they do, growst for our equality exponentially. host: the vice president for communications talking about it. first call from san antonio, texas. democrat. caller: it is horrible that the gentleman thinks 2 men and two women should be able to get married. marriage should be absolutely between a man and woman. and nothing else. i believe a people should have the right to live together and do what they want to do but i do not believe is right for two men or two women to be married. i think it is horrible. guest: i appreciate her point of view and it is a journey that a lot of americans are on. i do believe in law the fair minded americans struggle with this issue. for us, this issue is really rooted in equality and whether or back gay and lesbian americans will be able to live as full citizens -- whether or not gay and lesbian americans will be able to live as full citizens. the concept of marriage is brooded at the federal law 1300 times -- is ro
we found that as americans get to know us and find there is really common human bond in between us and them and we want nothing different than they do, growst for our equality exponentially. host: the vice president for communications talking about it. first call from san antonio, texas. democrat. caller: it is horrible that the gentleman thinks 2 men and two women should be able to get married. marriage should be absolutely between a man and woman. and nothing else. i believe a people should...
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most of us are sleeping then. i guess the whole purpose was to not let us see in advance your testimony. i yield back. >> the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. hamburg, i have introduced legislation to give the f.d.a. authority to define which compounding pharmacies should be required to register as manufacturers. would you support that? >> we think it's very important that we have additional legislation in this area and that compounders in fact register and that it can be defined what they are doing, what they're manufacturing and what the appropriate regulatory oversight would be. >> i have introduced legislation to give the f.d.a. the authority to require compounding pharmacies to compound safe drugs using safe practices. would you support that? >> i do support that. >> i've introduced legislation to give f.d.a. the authority to conduct the same inspections and request the same documents as it can from manufacturers. do you support that? >>
most of us are sleeping then. i guess the whole purpose was to not let us see in advance your testimony. i yield back. >> the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ms. hamburg, i have introduced legislation to give the f.d.a. authority to define which compounding pharmacies should be required to register as manufacturers. would you support that? >> we think it's very important that we have additional legislation in...
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take us deeper. guest: we have a short-term challenge which is the fiscal cliff, the tax cuts, the schedule, probably the tax increases that are scheduled, the expiration of tax cuts, and the schedule sequestration, and other spending cuts. that is short-term. the structural is known demographic trends, 10,000 people a day are retiring and will over the net 17 years. all care costs are still growing much faster than inflation and the economy. our tax system is outdated and needs to be restructured. those create large and growing deficits into the future. it's not a long-term anymore. it is the longer-term. we see it. these are going to be with us a long time and we need to recognize that reality sooner rather than later. host: first call from philadelphia, frank on our republican line. caller: good morning. i wanted to know if you -- whether or not the president will have to lower his threshold to people that are probably making around $200,000 a year. i don't think what he said during his campaign i
take us deeper. guest: we have a short-term challenge which is the fiscal cliff, the tax cuts, the schedule, probably the tax increases that are scheduled, the expiration of tax cuts, and the schedule sequestration, and other spending cuts. that is short-term. the structural is known demographic trends, 10,000 people a day are retiring and will over the net 17 years. all care costs are still growing much faster than inflation and the economy. our tax system is outdated and needs to be...
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you want us to default on our debt. that would have driven us into a depression. you tell us how we create jobs when we are in a depression. course i tell you how to do with that issue. he voted to set up a super committee. we should not ever give up our responsibility to 12 individuals to go behind closed doors and fix all of the problems with america. how was solved the problem? i have introduced the entitlements that don't even become law until 2014. the expansion of the subsidy. if we are having problems, why in the world would you vote for it bill that creates two new entitlements that costs 1.4 trillion dollars over the next 10 years. and expense we cannot pay for. this would solve the sequestration issue. >> the fact is that it extends medicare for 8 years. what have you done that has ever extended medicare? on the other side of the coin, you have tried to make it into a voucher system. you have run from your record. if i was a senior, i would be very concerned with you in terms of things like medicare and changing social security. >> once again distorting
you want us to default on our debt. that would have driven us into a depression. you tell us how we create jobs when we are in a depression. course i tell you how to do with that issue. he voted to set up a super committee. we should not ever give up our responsibility to 12 individuals to go behind closed doors and fix all of the problems with america. how was solved the problem? i have introduced the entitlements that don't even become law until 2014. the expansion of the subsidy. if we are...
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i am not for legalizing marijuana use or other drug use. if we cut back on the war on drugs, that would be a minor part of the federal budget. about $12 billion is being spent this year out of $3.8 trillion budget on the war on drugs. but i am not for funding planned parenthood. i will take that to zero. i am not for funding -- >> we're on drugs. >> i know. but i'm just pointing out how small the federal war on drugs money is in terms of the entire federal government, but i am in favor of reducing it because we have to reduce everything that's generally funded in order to get to a balanced budget. [applause] >> governor johnson, the war on drugs. >> 0% of the -- 90% of the problem is related to inportation not use. 55% of americans support legalizing marijuana. why is this the case? because we are talking about it. because debates are raging at dinner tables that haven't been raging at dinner tables in the past. let's regulate it. it's on the ballot in colorado in november. coloradoans have the opportunity really to change drug policy world
i am not for legalizing marijuana use or other drug use. if we cut back on the war on drugs, that would be a minor part of the federal budget. about $12 billion is being spent this year out of $3.8 trillion budget on the war on drugs. but i am not for funding planned parenthood. i will take that to zero. i am not for funding -- >> we're on drugs. >> i know. but i'm just pointing out how small the federal war on drugs money is in terms of the entire federal government, but i am in...
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it is not charity that fires us. it is justice. that is what inflames us. justice is a higher standards. people are looking for clean and simple melody lines. just a dollar and you can save a life. just an hour. bollix. it is not true. if you want to turn the world right side up, it is not what to take a minute or an hour a day. it is going to take your whole life. i am going to make a bid for that. that was the brakes. now for the gas. for me where it all started where humanity started. where are humanity is needed now, africa. you should ask why would you be listening to me talking about after cutbacafrica? this backup has been an extraordinary and the venture to me and privilege. wild, magnificent, magical, sometimes maddening. it is extraordinary. i realized i have been working for nelson mandela and archbishop desmond tutu for most of my life. from anti-apartheid to drop the debt, from the fight against concord to the bite from human rights -- the fight for human rights. the right to live like a human. nelson mandela and archbishop tutu, there is no wa
it is not charity that fires us. it is justice. that is what inflames us. justice is a higher standards. people are looking for clean and simple melody lines. just a dollar and you can save a life. just an hour. bollix. it is not true. if you want to turn the world right side up, it is not what to take a minute or an hour a day. it is going to take your whole life. i am going to make a bid for that. that was the brakes. now for the gas. for me where it all started where humanity started. where...
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that is how it used to be. we used to always work together. that is the way it used to work. i have a great relationship with my republican colleagues. there are a lot of good republicans up there who are prepared to make principal compromise, not ideologues. i look back and see the guys who have worked with all my life and the women, olympia snowe, colin powell, alan simpson. it used to work. when this election is over we have to get back to doing it again. we have to move together. it is not just that we have additional balance, we have such a gigantic opportunities as a nation. we are so well-positioned relative to the rest of the world. we have made real progress. i had never met to guys who are more negative about the country's and the guys we are running against. wheat traded 5.4 million private-sector jobs and they say we are in decline. they said we are in decline. housing is up. larger than any time since 2008. we are in decline. 500,000are up 407%, manufacturing jobs. 3 million working kids in college because of pell grants. no matter what those ads say, we did resc
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it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses were built with money they paid taxes on. that is very destructive and we should not have an inheritance tax. this is coming to me, one of the most important taxes we can change. over the years, at the beginning, i used to wonder, why doesn't seem like average middle-class people coming to me want to deal with the inheritance tax. rich people all have a way to get around it, trust funds, overseas investments, all kinds of protection, but the average person with a small business or a farm that they do not want to give up, they are the one that will be
it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses...
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being like us. our university systems are still where they should be in terms of reputation and entertainment, but no one from other countries wants to send their kids over here to go to our k-12 schools. they do that there, and then they say, we will transfer them to some ivy league school or some good college in the states. we are at the point where we need to seriously look at what is going to take to change the dynamic. in recent days we have heard about a teachers strike. i think the big challenge that we have is we put ourselves in these partisan boxes and we force people when we talk about education to take sides. and you know the side that is never adequately represented in these discussions, these kids. i posted on my blog. i said, ok, how will a teacher strike in chicago help kids? i ended up getting all of these responses from people who love teachers, people who are mad at teachers. i had 40 people immediately responding. no one had answered that question. they start talking about teache
being like us. our university systems are still where they should be in terms of reputation and entertainment, but no one from other countries wants to send their kids over here to go to our k-12 schools. they do that there, and then they say, we will transfer them to some ivy league school or some good college in the states. we are at the point where we need to seriously look at what is going to take to change the dynamic. in recent days we have heard about a teachers strike. i think the big...
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join us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail or tweet. let's turn to the policy side of this speaker boehner telling the republicans to basically fall in line. he said let john boehner be john boehner he can negotiate a deal with the president without getting pressure from tea party caucus members. guest: i agree. let john boehner be in a position to negotiate from a position of strength not from a position of looking over his shoulder and having to second guess and ultimately a position of weakness going into these talks with the president. the spt emboldened and he could say john boehner i don't need you and if you keep this i'm going to run against your entire congress and all of you are going to be gone. he's looking at the longer ball as well. you have all these house members who will be in their fourth year by the time they get to 2014 and if there has been no movement. if the country per seeves republicans are not working trying to resolve the problems, then guess what happens in twho years. the public will turn and say that's it.
join us on our facebook page or send us an e-mail or tweet. let's turn to the policy side of this speaker boehner telling the republicans to basically fall in line. he said let john boehner be john boehner he can negotiate a deal with the president without getting pressure from tea party caucus members. guest: i agree. let john boehner be in a position to negotiate from a position of strength not from a position of looking over his shoulder and having to second guess and ultimately a position...
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it would hurt us pretty good. host: howie asking about the implications from the financial implications of what would happen next. guest: the congressional budget office, which is this of this non-partisan group that measures budgetary things and put of reports. but not another report last week we are assessing a divot going over the fiscal cliff and letting all of these tax cuts expire, it would slow economic growth down so much that it would put united states back into recession. whereas it extended all of the tax cuts and put up the mandated spending cuts, that would create jobs, it would boost economic growth, the only problem is over the long run it would add to the deficit. it is this balancing act. how do deal with the deficit? had you deal with economic conditions? host: are the market's watching this? we saw the united states credit rating take a dip on the congress was at a stalemate over whether or not to raise the debt limit. are we looking at that kind of a scenario again? guest: we are. but perhaps m
it would hurt us pretty good. host: howie asking about the implications from the financial implications of what would happen next. guest: the congressional budget office, which is this of this non-partisan group that measures budgetary things and put of reports. but not another report last week we are assessing a divot going over the fiscal cliff and letting all of these tax cuts expire, it would slow economic growth down so much that it would put united states back into recession. whereas it...
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us. i would welcome our panelists on stage and you'll get the really good sense for the two panels that we have a will be looking at by the numbers, the 2012 recap. immediately after, we will have a second conversation on the economy and the election. serving as moderator is ronald brownstein, one of the finalists for the pulitzer prize o coverage of the presidential campaigns. in fact, you may have seen him as part of the abc news team covering last night's election results in new york. first, we will do by the numbers, a 22 election recount. we have which airs -- we have whit ayres, president of north star opinion research. we will featured jerry bernstein, senior fellow at center on budget and policy priorities. the hon. elaine chao, former secretary of labor. and neera tanden, president for center for american cars. >> if you wanted to and set a predicate, you really could not have done better than last night. at the will look back on it as not only political but even a cultural and s
us. i would welcome our panelists on stage and you'll get the really good sense for the two panels that we have a will be looking at by the numbers, the 2012 recap. immediately after, we will have a second conversation on the economy and the election. serving as moderator is ronald brownstein, one of the finalists for the pulitzer prize o coverage of the presidential campaigns. in fact, you may have seen him as part of the abc news team covering last night's election results in new york. first,...
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again, you got to use all your tools. i think the number one way to rise above on any particular issue, to rise above the partisanship is to figure out with your members of congress to make it about thire state, atheir dillstrict, that jobs, the jobs in their state or district. and their local economy. and in particular in this economic world right now that is very important. and i think is very important. members of congress sometimes act against what might be their core ideology if they see it that is particularly beneficial to the state or district therefrom. >> -- they are from. i think i am probably a little bit more cynical. i think there were some big things settled by implication in the election. but the ideological divide that exists between the parties is still pretty hard. the house is still a tea party conservative, a social conservative-dominated house republicans. they have less experience about compromising. know -- you don't have a lot of seasoned and experienced members who know how to compromise to get t
again, you got to use all your tools. i think the number one way to rise above on any particular issue, to rise above the partisanship is to figure out with your members of congress to make it about thire state, atheir dillstrict, that jobs, the jobs in their state or district. and their local economy. and in particular in this economic world right now that is very important. and i think is very important. members of congress sometimes act against what might be their core ideology if they see...
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he gave us the opportunity to choose what would be best for us. the republican party needs to stop pointing fingers at obama, making it seem like he put us where we are. we are where we are because we cannot come together as one and half the people of america. >> everybody has a kind of cut the president down for being on ssi and social security and all of that. i broke my back 10 years ago, and i am on disability. my daughter and my wife can depend on that. i would give up everything i got right now if i could get a job, but it is not the president. it is the insurance companies that these companies have the will not hire me, because i am too high of a risk. when i go down the street, the people that know me, the slack that i get is really uncalled for. if people would just start -- i do not know the right word. if people would start making an effort to making the world better, instead of trying to cut it down all the time, we might get somewhere. >> i am saddened today. i cannot believe the american people did not vote for a man with a proven re
he gave us the opportunity to choose what would be best for us. the republican party needs to stop pointing fingers at obama, making it seem like he put us where we are. we are where we are because we cannot come together as one and half the people of america. >> everybody has a kind of cut the president down for being on ssi and social security and all of that. i broke my back 10 years ago, and i am on disability. my daughter and my wife can depend on that. i would give up everything i...
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he will join us from charlottesville. after that, if a member of the virginia house of delegates and a mitt romney co-chair for virginia. and the virginia democratic party chairman brian moran will join us from loudoun county, ground zero for the state of virginia in this presidential election. first, this update from c-span radio. >> its 8:33 a.m. eastern. an update on new york city following sandy. some of the subways are rolling again. and a train pulled out of penn station three days after the tunnels were flooded. the chairman says 14 of the city's 23 subway lines will be operating today. none of the trains will be going into lower manhattan. it is still dealing with a massive black out. the subways usually carry 5.2 million passengers a day. experts and shoreline advocates a new jersey should consider protection of coastal areas as a massive -- major part of any plan to rebuild areas ruined by hurricane sandy. they say redevelopment plans should include relocating homes and businesses farther from the shoreline, bui
he will join us from charlottesville. after that, if a member of the virginia house of delegates and a mitt romney co-chair for virginia. and the virginia democratic party chairman brian moran will join us from loudoun county, ground zero for the state of virginia in this presidential election. first, this update from c-span radio. >> its 8:33 a.m. eastern. an update on new york city following sandy. some of the subways are rolling again. and a train pulled out of penn station three days...
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god who exists within each one of us and binds us together as one people, be with us on this election day as we exercise our responsibility to choose our leaders and set a trajectory into the future. let us be mindful and respectful of the views of those who vote for someone else. open our minds to realize that although we are a nation filled with diverse philosophies, our common motive is to make this country a fruitful and peace filled nation allowing all people the opportunity to pursue dreams. help us to see our victories and defeats in the voting booth as a blessing of freedom and not a judgment on ideals. help us be mindful of our unity and bless this country and all nations and peoples now and forever. we ask this in your holy name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-a of house resolution 788, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will now lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty
god who exists within each one of us and binds us together as one people, be with us on this election day as we exercise our responsibility to choose our leaders and set a trajectory into the future. let us be mindful and respectful of the views of those who vote for someone else. open our minds to realize that although we are a nation filled with diverse philosophies, our common motive is to make this country a fruitful and peace filled nation allowing all people the opportunity to pursue...
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we should use the space. i suggest this morning's symposium is designed in that spirit and i am very happy to be introducing it and to turn the podium over to stan who will moderate the first panel on the question of the fiscal cliff. >> thank you. i appreciate you turn the podium over to me but i will sit here. we will all be sitting here. as it were to the cameras following us. good morning. thank you. i often wonder what was going through ben bernanke's man -- mind when he used the word fiscal cliff for the first time or when they decided they could not sit with a really wanted to say. which is that the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that will go into effect will cut the deficit too far too fast and therefore what he was saying -- the other elements that contribute to gdp growth were not able to absorb it. so what bernanke was really saying is he recommends the deficit be higher than it will otherwise be under current law. anyone who thinks that in february -- [indiscernible] he wants this
we should use the space. i suggest this morning's symposium is designed in that spirit and i am very happy to be introducing it and to turn the podium over to stan who will moderate the first panel on the question of the fiscal cliff. >> thank you. i appreciate you turn the podium over to me but i will sit here. we will all be sitting here. as it were to the cameras following us. good morning. thank you. i often wonder what was going through ben bernanke's man -- mind when he used the...
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it is not going to hurt us. we are in such a mess there is no reason not to experiment with different viewpoints, especially when it comes to monetary policy. host: gail russell chaddock? guest: high in the huge fan of third parties. there is a phenomenon of a critical realigning election, when the late shift, the new deal was won election -- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could come possibilities for a third party -- this mix could come the possibility for a third party that would not be shackled by disputes of the past. -- we have already seen that parties have lost control of who finances candidates. what if these groups turned to funding third parties? it is an interesting possibility. it is certainly no longer true that the money has to come from one or two parties. host: gary johnson, libertarian candidate, reached 1.2 million votes, the most by any libertarian candidate. do you think there
it is not going to hurt us. we are in such a mess there is no reason not to experiment with different viewpoints, especially when it comes to monetary policy. host: gail russell chaddock? guest: high in the huge fan of third parties. there is a phenomenon of a critical realigning election, when the late shift, the new deal was won election -- was one election. people refer to this as a demographic election, and that -- that is a useful term, but democracy is not a block. out of the knicks could...
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you inspired us. i want to take this opportunity to say one thing to all the young people and not so young people who have given so much to this campaign over the years, those of you haven't done this for me but for each other, for a laid off family member or a sick child or a fallen friend. i want to thank you. you took this campaign and you made it your own and you organized yourself, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county starting a movement that spread across the country, a movement made up of young and old rich and poor black and white gay straight democrats, republicans who believe we've all got something to contribute. and we all deserve a shot at our own american dream. and when the cynics said we couldn't, you said yes, we can. [applause] you said yes we can and we did. against all odds, we did. we didn't know what challenges would become when we began this journey. we didn't know how deep the crisis would turn out. but we knew we would get through those challenge it i
you inspired us. i want to take this opportunity to say one thing to all the young people and not so young people who have given so much to this campaign over the years, those of you haven't done this for me but for each other, for a laid off family member or a sick child or a fallen friend. i want to thank you. you took this campaign and you made it your own and you organized yourself, block by block, neighborhood by neighborhood, county by county starting a movement that spread across the...